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Appears to be a coinage in Japanese based on Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 剣(ken, “sword”) + 術(jutsu, “technique”). First cited to a text from 1577.[1]
2010 October 1, “講武所剣術師範役(Kōbusho Kenjutsu Shihan Yaku, “Office of Military School Kenjutsu Teachers”)”, in お江戸の役人 面白なんでも事典(O-Edo no Yakunin: Omoshiro Nandemo Jiten, “Edo Government Officials: Everything Interesting Dictionary”), PHP研究所(PHP Kenkyūsho, “PHP Institute, Inc.”), page 94:
Gaiteki ni sonaete gunjiryoku no kyōka kōbusho ni wa kenjutsu, sōjutsu, hōjutsu, kyūjutsu no shika ga ari,
In the military schools for bolstering military power against external enemies, there were the four main subjects of swordsmanship, spearmanship, gunnery, and bowmanship...
